Word: mboya
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Protection of the French Language that it was really a bit much to arrive at Orly Airport and be told by the hôtesse d'air that le Welcome Bureau d'Air France was at one's disposal. And in Kenya, Economics Minister Tom Mboya, momentarily putting aside affairs of state, delivered himself of the opinion that Bonanza, shown on local TV, is exerting "a good influence on Africans. Good is good. Bad is bad. The hero always wins, and I enjoy...
...reasoned, it rejects 19th century capitalism and 20th century Communism as a model for emergent African society. Instead, the document points to a mixed economy very like modern Britain or Sweden, strongly emphasizes individual political freedoms. Though Kenyatta insisted that the paper, written by Economics Planning Minister Tom Mboya, was approved by all his Cabinet, it was clearly a bitter blow for Odinga...
...Official takeover of the Lumumba Institute, thus frustrating its possible use as a Communist indoctrination center. Parliament resoundingly agreed as Mboya declared that Kenyatta's original plans for the Lumumba Institute had been "completely distorted," and that "we want to remove this impression that it is an ideological institute, because...
...forms an important part of Kenyatta's KANU party coalition, has been openly attempting to turn the new nation toward Communism. He is opposed by a faction of moderates, including Roland Ngala, leader of the now extinct KADU opposition party, and Kenyatta's Economic Planning Minister Tom Mboya, which has been looking for a way to clip Odinga's wings. Until now Kenyatta has stood aside, little more than a tired referee...
...well-entrenched leader of Kenyatta's KANU Party, which is now the only one in Parliament after the country "voluntarily" turned itself into a one-party state; he regularly visits Peking, and he receives Russian and Red Chinese financial support. Perhaps only tough, able and reasonable Tom Mboya, 34, who became Minister for Economic Planning and Development in the new government, may end up in a position to stop Odinga from succeeding Kenyatta. The question matters because Kenyatta admits to 74-but has been 74 for a long time...